Orienting
What’s the main purpose of employee orientation?
To welcome new hires, reduce anxiety, provide information, and help them adjust socially and culturally to the workplace.
Training prepares employees for what type of work?
Their current job or present role.
Development prepares employees for what type of work?
Future roles or responsibilities.
What’s the first level of Kirkpatrick’s model?
Reaction: how participants felt about the training.
What does the “A” in ADDIE stand for?
Assess (or Analysis).
Name one benefit of a strong onboarding process.
Lower turnover, higher productivity, improved morale, faster learning, or reduced anxiety.
Name one on-the-job training method.
Job shadowing, coaching, apprenticeships, or mentoring.
Career development links employee growth with what?
Organizational goals.
What does ROI stand for in training evaluation?
Return on Investment.
What happens during the Design phase?
Setting instructional goals, identifying learner characteristics, and planning learning activities and materials.
What’s the buddy system in orientation?
Pairing a new employee with an experienced one to help with integration and guidance.
What’s one classroom-based training method?
Lectures, seminars, vestibule training, or demonstrations.
Who is responsible for career planning, employee or organization?
The employee is responsible for planning; the organization provides support.
What level measures behaviour change after training?
The third level: Behaviour.
What are the three levels of needs assessment?
Organizational, task, and person.
Orientation should be a one-day event or a coordinated process over time?
A coordinated process over time.
Give an example of a simulation training method.
Flight simulators for pilots, surgery simulations for doctors, or role-playing scenarios.
Name one success factor in career development programs.
Supportive managers, mentorship, alignment with organizational strategy, or strong HR support.
What’s the 4th level of Kirkpatrick’s evaluation model?
Results (e.g., productivity, ROI, performance outcomes).
What happens during the Develop phase?
Creating lessons, materials, and pilot testing the program.
What is pre-boarding and why is it important?
Pre-boarding happens before the first day; completing admin tasks, welcoming the hire, and reducing first-day stress by engaging them early.
What’s one modern or digital training method?
E-learning, mobile learning, virtual reality, or blended learning.
What are career anchors?
Individual values, motives, and needs that guide career choices (e.g., lifestyle, stability, creativity, challenge).
Give the ROI formula for evaluating training.
[(Benefits – Costs) / Costs] × 100%
What happens during the Implement phase of ADDIE?
Delivering the training, selecting trainers, and putting the plan into action.